School-Parent Compact Guide to Quality
Title I Requirements and Quality Indicators
Does the school-parent compact:*
The School’s
Role
Clearly explain district and school
goals to meet student academic
achievement standards?
Describe ways that teachers are
responsible for supporting students’
learning and providing high quality
curriculum and instruction?
Format and
Language
Communicate
About Student
Progress
Jointly Developed
Activities to
Develop
Partnerships
The Student’s
Role
The Parent’s
Role
Provide information and actions
specific to each grade level.
Describe specific ways parents will
be responsible for supporting their
children’s learning?
Provide information and actions
specific to each grade level, tied to
the school improvement plan.
Describe specific ways students will
be responsible for their learning?
Provide information and actions
specific to each grade level.
Describe school activities to build
partnerships with parents, including
chances for parents to volunteer,
take part in, and observe classroom
activities, and communicate with
teachers?
Describe how parents are involved
in developing and revising the
compact?
Describe several methods for
regular teacher-parent
communication, so that parents are
kept up-to-date on their students’
progress and get regular tips on
home learning?
Ensure that the language and format
of the compact are family friendly.
Section of
Title I law:
To make the compact most effective:
□
No □
Yes □
No □
1118(d)
 Link actions in the compact to goals in the school
improvement plan
 Use achievement data to set specific goals.
1118(d);
1118(d)(1)
□
No □
This is best
practice and is
not required
under Title I.
1118(d);
1118(d)(1)
 Describe the high quality curriculum the school uses
(for example, Common Core State Standards)
 Describe how teachers will help parents understand
what children are learning and doing in class.
 Specify how teachers will support parent
participation in learning activities.
 Include high-impact actions for each grade level,
designed by grade-level teams with parents.
Yes
Yes
□
No □
Yes □
No □
Yes
□
No □
Yes □
No □
Yes
□
No □
Yes
This is best
practice and is
not required
under Title I.
1118(d)
 Include high-impact actions for each grade level,
designed by grade-level teams with parents, after
asking students for input.
This is best
practice and is
not required
under Title I.
1118(d);
1118(d)(2)(C)
 Include high-impact actions for each grade level,
designed by grade-level teams with parents.
Yes
□
No □
1118(d);
1118(f)
□
No □
1118(d)(1);
1118(d)(2)(A
and B)
□
No □
1118(f)
Yes
Yes
 Connect activities for families to what students are
doing in class.
 Connect activities for students to what they are
learning in class.
 Provide both parents and teachers opportunities to
develop skills for working together (for example,
schedule literacy conversations, demonstration
lessons, class meetings, workshops; publicize
volunteer and leadership opportunities).
 Offer activities based on identified parent needs.
 Offer meetings at different days and times.
 Provide resources to cover costs for parents to take
part, such as child care and transportation.
 Give specifics about how parents are involved (for
example, parents participate on data teams that
meet to update the compact; annual review by the
school governance council, which includes parents).
 Schedule meetings at accessible locations and at
different days and times.
 Include parent-teacher conferences at least once a
year, at which the compact will be discussed.
 Include follow-up steps to support parents and
students.
 Consult with parents on communication strategies
that work best for them.
 Make communication do-able and user-friendly.
 Work with parents to identify and eliminate jargon
and negative language.
 Engage parents/staff with design skills to create an
attractive final product.
 Translate the compact and other communications
into families’ first languages.
* Numbers correspond to sections in the “Sample Compact” Tool in the Dust Off Your Old School Parent Compact training kit developed by the Connecticut State
Department of Education and available at www.schoolparentcompact.org.